Lionized

[Joel S. Berson]

At 8/14/2011 05:29 PM, Benjamin Barrett wrote:
>As expected, the recent release of Lion, the new Mac OS, has
>resulted in a slew of uses of "lionization." What will be
>interesting is if the word catches on in regular parlance or
>undergoes a shift in meaning.

lion (1715) : lioness (1808) :: lionize (1834, 1837) : ??

Joel

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